Weeder.



A. E. & E. G. QUICKEL.

I WEEDEB.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1911.

1,001,442. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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ALLEN E. QUICKEL AND EDWIN G. QUICKEL, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented An 22, 1911.

Application filed February 16, 1911. Serial No. 608,867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALLEN E. Quicknr. and EDWIN G. QUrcKnL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful linprovements inVVeeders; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to agricultural implements and has specialreference to weeders of the type shown in Letters-Patent, No. 731,219,granted to us June 16, 1903.

The objects of the present invention are to provide means whereby thetooth bars will be prevented from sagging or bowing downwardly; toprovide improved means for attaching the handles and draft bars to thetooth bars, and to generally increase the rigidity of the structure.

A simple and ellicicnt attainment of these several objects isillustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention con sists incertain novel features hereinafter first fully described and thenparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of a weederembodying ourimprovements; andFig. 2 is a perspective view of the bracing bracketswith portions of the handles and brace bars secured thereto.

The tooth bars 1 are constructed of angle bars and the teeth 2 areattached thereto in the manner disclosed in our aforesaid Letters-Patentor in any other preferred or convenient manner. The handles 3 and draftbars 4 are also of the usual form and bracing links or connecting bars 5are scoured to and extend over the tooth bars near the ends thereof asshown in Fig. 1.

The machine usually consists of three tooth bars and to the center ofthe middle tooth bar we secure intersecting obliquely arranged bracingbrackets 63. These bracing brackets consist of metallic straps or barssecured to each other and to the middle tooth bar at their centers andhaving their extremities turned upward, as shown at 7, and provided witha plurality of openings 8, said upturned ends being arranged over thefront and rear tooth bars respectively. The bracket bars are secured,adjacent their said upturned ends, to the said front and rear tooth barsthereby rigidly cmlnccting the several tooth bars so that the implementwill effectually resist the strains to which it is subjected in use.lVloreover, the bracing bars or brackets are disposed diagonally withrespect to the tooth bars in opposite directions so that they not onlybridge the spaces between the bars but intersect at the center of theimplement. \Ve thus provide an unyielding support for the weight whichis frequently placed upon the frame to hold the teeth in the ground. Inweeders, as heretofore constructed, a weight thereon would cause thetooth bars to sag or how downwardly and as a result; the teeth wouldengage the ground unevenly, the work would be accomplished in anunsatisfactory manner, and one field would have to be gone over manytimes. By our present arrangement this dilliculty is entirely overcomeso that should the ground be hard and necessitate the use of a weight tohold the teeth to their work, no springing or bowing of the tooth barswill result but they will be held true by the bracing brackets and theteeth will all enter the earth to the same depth.

The handles and draft bars are secured to the upturned ends of thebracing brackets the handles being secured to the inner sides of thesame while the draft bars are secured to the outer sides thereof. Theprovision of a plurality of openings in the upturned ends of thebrackets permits the securing bolts to be inserted at various elevationsand the draft bars and handles may, consequently, be arranged at anydesired angle. Inasmuch as the handles and draft bars are secured to thesame brackets whiclrconnect the tooth bars, it will be seen at once thatwe have produced a very rigid structure and, as these brackets are smallenough to fit between the handles and draft bars, no appreciableadditional strain is placed upon the draft bars. Moreover, the handlesand draft bars are positively held in fixed relation.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is 1. In a wceder, thecombination with a plurality of tooth bars, of obliquely disposedbracing brackets intersecting at the center of the middle tooth bar andsecured rigidly to each of the tooth bars, said brackets having upturnedends, and handles and draft bars secured to said ends.

2. In a Weeder, the combination With a set our hands in presence of twosubscribing plurality of tooth bars, of obliquely dis Witnesses. 1 posedbracin brackets interseotin at the center of the rniddle tooth bar andsecured 5 rigidly to each of the tooth bars, said brackets havingupturned ends, and handles and Witnesses: draft bars ad ustably securedto sald ends. GEORGE L. SPRENKEL In testlniony whereof We have hereuntoSAMUEL S. HAY.

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